His kiss was sweet and short. He pulled away slowly, searching my eyes for a response. I narrowed my eyes and slapped him. "What did you do that for?" I managed to sound pissed off, though his kiss caused some kind of stirring in my gut and a small voice in my brain wanted more. I didn't dare think about that. First I had to get the Time Lord out of my room. "Get out!" I made shooing motions with my hands.
He smirked at me with a knowing smile. "Conflicting emotions? I will let you think about it." He made to leave, but not before giving me another kiss, this time on the corner of my mouth.
I gasped in irritation and gave him another slap. "How dare you, Doctor. You are not doing well for yourself right now. Leave my room right now!" I would have stormed out, but he was blocking the way.
All he did was smile that irritating grin that he wore only when he knew he was winning. Then he slowly walked away, closing the door gently, not before winking and left.
The Doctor has been so insufferable! I don't remember him being like this at all. It scares me. What scares me more is the feeling I got when he kissed me. Maybe my body thought it was John, after all he is the splitting image in every possible way. Except for the aging part. John ages like a human whereas The Doctor gets very old and will regenerate if he has to. Yeah, that's it! My body was just confused because he is practically John's identical twin. Completely logical explanation. Then why did I want to kiss The Doctor again? There shouldn't be any room in there for The Doctor. The only person I love is John. Collectively I have known John for a longer period of time than I knew The Doctor. Spent five years with John. I lived on this TARDIS for only two years. That means my connection with John should be stronger, right?
My stomach grumbled because it was empty. Reluctantly, I got up and left my chamber and headed toward the kitchen. Hopefully it was in the same place. I won't be here for long. John will come to my rescue. The Doctor doesn't know that we have a fully functioning TARDIS. We have the element of surprise. I smiled at that. And then I will be saved. And I can leave The Doctor in the past. For good. It took about ten minutes for me to find the kitchen. Not much had changed as far as the layout went. Everything was in the same place. I went over to the refrigerator to try and find something to eat. Disappointed by the selection in the fridge, I then proceeded to search the freezer. I smiled as I grabbed the tub of ice cream.
When I turned around I jumped and dropped the container of ice cream. The Doctor was standing only five feet away from me.
"What was that for?" I managed. "You scared me!" My heart was pounding in my chest.
He looked pleased. "I figured you would make your way here eventually, since when I brought you food you threw it at me. Didn't mean to scare you though." He bent down to pick up the fallen container. "Ah, so I was right, this is your favorite." He smiled fondly. "I remember you begging me bring you to a store that sold this. See? I remember these things about you. I care about you, Rose. I love you more than I have ever loved anyone before."
I eyed him carefully. "Didn't you have a wife and kids on Gallifrey before you destroyed them?" I knew it was a low blow, but it was my best defense against his words.
He winced when I said that. "First of all, that was an arranged marriage. Second, you know why I had to do it." He looked at me as if he was expecting me to understand.
"I'm sorry. Yes I do understand. Regardless of the situation Doctor, no matter how great your efforts are, my heart belongs to John. I'm sorry, but you had your chances. I hate to sound like a broken record, but you keep giving me reason to explain the situation. Bring me back home right now, please. It will be easier on both of us if you would just bring me home. My mum is going to be worried and my dad will be right mad. Everyone is going to be worried about me. I can't imagine what John is going to do when he finds you." I said.
His eyebrow went up and he was completely interested now. "Oh, John is going to find me? How is he going to do that? We are back in your old world. Unless he somehow has a way to travel through space and time. Does he Rose? Oh how I would love for a proper showdown. Oh! When he gets here we can go to New Mexico or Arizona or somewhere like that and get pistols and everything. Whoever wins gets the girl! Now that would be fun, don't you think?" He was grinning ear to ear and his eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"Doctor!" I said shocked. "He could die! All that would happen to you is that you regenerate. No matter what you would win. This goes against your morals! At least it was one of your morals all those years ago. You really are a monster! Do you think this will make me love you again? You have changed into someone I don't know anymore. There was a time I called you my best and closest friend. Back then I would have loved to be more than friends with you. But now, you are the nightmare that haunts my sleep. You are the monster beneath my bed. I can't trust you. At this rate, I don't think I ever will. I was willing to give you one last shot after you kidnapped me, but you blew it."
He was quiet, I could tell he was thinking about what I said. His expression fell as he seemed to finally processed what I have been saying. "Fine. I will bring you home. I will set the coordinates to bring you back to your world." Without another word he turned and left.
I felt bad for him. And I felt like a lot of it had to do with how I was treating him. Yeah he kidnapped me during my wedding and sexually assaulted me. And as much as he is making an effort to come back into my life, I have been extremely hard on him and not letting him in. A lot of what has happened wasn't his fault.
I headed out to the console room to apologize, but then the TARDIS started going through the motions of a crash landing.
"Rose? Hold on tight! We are going down! Just like old times, eh?" The Doctor said as I ran to the railing. But I wasn't fast enough. The space ship crashed so fast that I flew through the air. Right before my head hit the cold hard metal grating, The Doctor caught me and I landed on top of him.
I looked down at him and gave him the first genuine smile since he abducted me. "Just like old times."
I didn't want get off of him just yet. So I stared down into his chocolate brown eyes as he stared into mine. I bent down to kiss him on the lips, but then the doors banged open causing me to stop. A familiar voice boomed, "Honey, I'm home. Now where is The Doctor?"
